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4-Color Blue Kelp Palette

4-Color Blue Kelp Palette

4-color palette · Cool · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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4-Color Blue Kelp Palette

4-color palette · Cool temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Muted 4 colors Cool Mixed Complementary
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Colors 4

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-muted-1: #1D7D81;
  --c-muted-2: #213458;
  --c-muted-3: #887575;
  --c-muted-4: #F6E8E8;
}

About this palette

This 4-color muted palette runs from Fancy Pink (#F6E8E8) as its lightest tone to Boatswain (#213458) as its darkest. It blends Blue Kelp, Boatswain, Plum Haze and Fancy Pink into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 6 color pairings, 1 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #213458 on #F6E8E8 at 10.39:1.

A versatile palette suitable for marketing pages, product hero blocks, illustrations, and accent UI states.

Color breakdown

Blue Kelp #1D7D81
RGB
rgb(29, 125, 129)
HSL
hsl(182, 63%, 31%)
Luminance
0.165
Boatswain #213458
RGB
rgb(33, 52, 88)
HSL
hsl(219, 45%, 24%)
Luminance
0.035
Plum Haze #887575
RGB
rgb(136, 117, 117)
HSL
hsl(0, 8%, 50%)
Luminance
0.192
Fancy Pink #F6E8E8
RGB
rgb(246, 232, 232)
HSL
hsl(0, 44%, 94%)
Luminance
0.831

Contrast & accessibility

1 of 6 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #213458 on #F6E8E8 10.39:1 AAA
Aa #1D7D81 on #F6E8E8 4.10:1 AA Large
Aa #887575 on #F6E8E8 3.64:1 AA Large
Aa #213458 on #887575 2.86:1 Fail
Aa #1D7D81 on #213458 2.54:1 Fail
Aa #1D7D81 on #887575 1.13:1 Fail

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